branch. in there, we estimate as many as 50 to 100 businesses operate from that branch every day. you go in and there are tables and tables and tables of computers. people don't go to the library to read a book. they go -- the books are handy. they go to run their business off the computers. . .

>> within the context of entrepreneurship i would like to say to him some of the things that he is actually passionate about. one, it is about science and technology, education that really needs to be encouraged. two, to get an education that is within the context, as you were saying, is extremely important. i find that students get bored very easily. my experience has been when

stiewnltses see the con -- students see the context and importance of what they are learning, they begin to innovate. one of the biggest treasures i had, actually, when i was at m.i.t., there was a colleague of mine who used to say to me, frank, the assets are really the students. and he was just absolutely correct. i see the same thing now at the university of akron. the assets are the students. when you give them a practical problem, they have no boundaries. they innovate. so i would say to him that he should really begin to support financially those institutions that really bring together, whether it is patient and university, industry and university to cut down those barriers. and as the secretary said, you have to connect ideas and faculty with entrepreneurs to be able to commercialize.

so really to have a real focus on funding those opportunities that do that. another thing which i would suggest we do along those lines is that we look for holistic solutions. we really need, again to go back to the context and look for solution that bring together multidisciplinary groups to really look at science and technology in a broader sense an --in a broader sense. the final thing i would say to him is -- he has talked about infrastructure. we badly need to improve the infrastructure in the country. if there is a place where you can see a lot of entrepreneurship going is, indeed to put money in rebuilding the infrastructure. >> i'm going to open it up. if anybody in the room would like to ask a question, there are several people who have

microphones. just introduce yourself, and feel free to ask any of the panelists a question. >> ken anderson, delaware economic development office. this question is to anyone on the panel. what is your view of the state of mind of policymakers when it comes to understanding the importance of entrepreneurship in our economic recovery? we are transitioning from an old economy to a new economy. and the reality of it is we have a lot of old economy thinking in places of power. so what is your perception of the change and mindset of those policymakers that are maybe from an old economy per sective -- perspective as it relation to the importance of entrepreneurship, as it relates to economic recovery? >> karl? >> i was afraid you would ask.

[laughing] you know, it's very hard to teach old economists new tricks. every time we have a recession it reminds me of the line from "the hunt from red october," "he always goes home to mama" about the submarine session. we run back to mccain and he describes the same old stuff, spend lots and lots of money, get yourself in a deficit. well, canes never started a business. canes grew up in the aftermath of the first huge surge of the industrial revolution. in his world what we thought of as entrepreneurs largely dying

out -- i think most economists of consequential power in the united states today grew up when we didn't think about entrepreneurs. they don't know about entrepreneurs. it's astounding how very few consequencal economists even talk about entrepreneurs. until you understand that the america we occupy is the product, to a huge extent, of people who are still living -- think about it this way. someplace between 33% to 40% of today's gross domestic product comes out of firm that did not exist in 1980. now, i think if every economist who advises government had that tattooed there, 40% of the g.d.p. comes from firms that didn't exist 30 years ago, we'd have different policy.

>> steven douglas. at the university level where we're teaching our college students about starting companies and assessing risks and calculating risks, should entrepreneurship education be, well, education or more experience? >> frank? >> if i may. i think the experience is the education. i will answer it very simply. you have to experience what it is to be an entrepreneur. in many places, stanford, m.i.t., for example, wisconsin, the institute in akron, we're doing the same. we take teams of students and we expose them to problems. in our case we have teams including an m.b.a. student,

shadowing orthopedic surgeons, looking at the things they are doing. to determine, where are there opportunities to innovate new products? now, once they do that, they learn things like how do you develop a need statement? what's the need? what's the problem here? how do we develop a need statement? how do you do the analysis in terms of the stakeholders, the surgeons, the nurses, the patients who got to interact with that? the analysis around the commercial assessment, the competitive assessment. what other things are out there? and finally, doing a real business case out of all of that which could then, after you have the business case, position you to launch a small start-up company. so the experience, to have this type of education without giving the experience that they will end up potentially being an

entrepreneur in launching a company. >> so if you have a conversion rate based on the program that you just described, any idea how many students start up company? it's different in an isolated protected environment of the university versus living at home for the past four and a half months now, doing business development for my start-up. if i were in college right now, i'd love it. but we don't have that luxury. so maybe you can talk about a little bit of the conversion rate. >> i have just started the austin by innovation, so we don't have enough of a track record to have a conversion rate. i will tell you, though, that when i was at m.i.t -- and i don't know what that number is. but i would say that probably somewhere in the vicinity of about 10 to 15 start-ups get done per year that may actually

be a low number. but with the disciplines that i was involved in, i would say there were probably about 10 to 15 small start-ups. >> i'll just add to that, you know, there's a professor at the university of miami who chaired our big commission on teaching of entrepreneurship. he offers a marvelous metaphor. to learn entrepreneurship in the university is like being in a school of music. you are learning and doing what you are studying at the same time. so the answer to your question is experience. and it ought to be experience. if there are any deans of business schools or presidents of universities listening in, please don't give tenure to professors of entrepreneurship who have never started a business. [applause]

>> that was a good one. i think we have time for one more question. does that sound about right? >> hi. my name is ruth hedges. i'm the c.e.o. of the funding root map. considering that 81% of all start-ups never get venture capital, angel capital or a small business loan, they actually get funded by your uncle ned, how come there isn't more of a national campaign to encourage the $3.7 trillion of money that's sitting in money market accounts by wealthy americans to invest in their local entrepreneurs, their friends and family who are starting new businesses? we never talk about this on a national level. the public is not encouraged to go and look at their niece and nephew that just graduated from a university who have the capacity to create a new business and invest in them.

>> reggie, you want to tackle that? >> a couple of thoughts. first, when i first started my company, my money came from friends and family. so i think, first, there is a personal relationship when people put money in. you're asking them to invest in something very risky. i think the personal relationship has to be there. it's a trust. or it might be a raw belief. it might be, you know, at least i helped them on their journeys as an entrepreneur. the second point is, i think it would be helpful if people just started educating people like, hey, why don't you put some of that money towards entrepreneurs. the just get them thinking that way. in the end, the execution will be if you have that personal relationship, if they believe in you. everyone knows there's angel funds and a lot of other networks. but i bet you a lot more entrepreneurs start with family money. people like mary's story where it wasn't angel funded. it was just her mom writing her a $2,000 check, enough for her to get credit. it was a great way to do that.

it's not until someone is hitting them and begging them, you're going to help me out. but if uncle ned heard, hey, we need to do this to keep our economy going, it's your civic responsibility to start investing in things like that because of stat of like 40% of entrepreneurs started from companies in 1980. >> mary? >> i did. my first start was a $2,000 loan from my mother. did i take on angel money eventually and then venture money, which is a totally different process. but to reggie's point, even at the institutional level it comes down to the personal relationship of they're investing in you, the entrepreneur. obviously you have to have a solid concept and prove it. but i think, you know, one of the things -- and carl said in his remarks today. it's just the knowledge that entrepreneurship is mentioned as a stat here and there. i think you all are right on in terms of just creating, bringing to the general public awareness the power and positive growth

impact that entrepreneurship can have on this economy and to help grow us out of this crisis. and so encouraging people, you know, whether you have your nieces, nephews, sons, relatives, and they have this idea to help them get that to market, you're driving the engine of the overall economy in general. so, you know it really is just, i think, all of us coming upon us as entrepreneurs and those involved with kaufman and other groups, commerce, etc., to get out there and be the evangelist about the importance of entrepreneurship in this economical environment. >> one last thing i'd say is unfortunately we do a lot of misinformation and miseducation. your question goes to, you know, funding. and you said everybody thinks they got to get venture capital. if you take a university course in entrepreneurship, it's taught around writing a business plan. and the focus of the business plan is always venture capital raising. now this gets absolutely ridiculous. venture capital is important.

but it accounts for a very small number of starts, a very small number of starts. the reality is, people take loans against their mortgages, which is one of the difficult things at the moment because the equity in your house is down. they borrow it from family members and friends, uncle ned or your mother. did she get tarp money? [laughing] or they hit their credit card. ok? and that's how it is funded. so it's a misnomer to drive it in that direction. it's really important we begin to refocus that. tragically, a said, most formal programs that teach people how to start a business, how to go through thel liturgy of starting a business all set -- first determine yent of success is to whether or not you can get capital from a venture firm. that's a terribly wrong destination to drive people to. it gets so out of whack that i heard yesterday on the radio

somebody talking about what we do in haiti. and this expert said, and among other things we want to get venture capital firms down there. well, maybe next year or the year after. but, please, mr. expert, not now. that's not the issue. and it's not appropriate to the circumstances. but i share that story because it shows you what a misplaced icon we have around that particular solution of things. >> is that a fourth source of funding? find a customer, right? that really is what creating the business is about. educating entrepreneur that it is friends and families. you go out and there's a market. i got my mother's help, but it was the customers that ultimately funneledded the business. funded the business. >> one of the focuses we have at thinstitute is to bring

particularly small companies together with faculty so that we have a customer in place when you start off these small businesses. it's a very focused problem. we evaluate and start off the business with the customer already in place. >> all right. my thanks to all three of you. you guys have been fantastic, offered us terrific insights. carl, thank you for having me. thank you for having all of us here. we learned a tremendous amount. builbuildastrongeramerica.com. there's more information and pamphlets in the back and on the sides as well if you'd like those. our thanks to the hoffman foundation for having us -- kaufman foundation for having us today. [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

[captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> coming up today on c-span, election night speeches from yesterday's senate election in massachusetts. on today's "washington journal," live with your phone calls. and live coverage of the u.s. house as they work on several suspension bills including measures related to relief efforts in haiti. the senate homeland security committee holds a hearing today on aviation security and the christmas day bombing plot. homeland security secretary janet napolitano and national intelligence director dennis blair are among those scheduled to testify. you can watch it live on c-span3 beginning at 9:30 a.m. eastern time or watch it online at c-span.org.

abigail adams had to remind john adams to remember the ladies when creating a new government. dolly madison had to encourage her once shy husband james this weekend on "afterwards," the intimate lives of the founding fathers. thomas flemming profiles the women who played a central part in creating our country. afterwards, part of this week's "book tv." massachusetts voted for republican scott brown yesterday in a special election to finish the remaining two years in ted kennedy's senate term. in a moment we'll bring you scott brown's victory speech. but first, here's his opponent, democrat martha coakley.

[applause] >> thank you! i don't know. somebody told me there was a crowd out there. thank you. thank you. i want you to know that i just got off the phone with scott brown. i've offered him my congratulations and my best wishes on his victory tonight. and i wish to him and gail and to his two daughters -- and i told him mr. brown, you've got two lovely daughters, which he does. and he also extended his good wishes to me. so i wish we were here with other and better news tonight, but we are not. and i want to take this moment, first of all, for all of you in this room and those of you who are probably still out working.

you poured your hearts and souls into this campaign. there are thousands of you, literally. we had thousands of people out on the streets since september. i want to say an incredibly sincere thank you for everything that you did. obviously not just for me but for the campaign and what we stood for in this campaign. so let's give yourselves a huge round of applause for what you've done. thank you! [cheers and applause] thank you. i will not forget the fierce determination with which we approached this. not just again about this campaign, about the things we believed in and we still believe in and we will still fight for even after tonight. i know you will join me in that. we never lost our focus or our determination. and you never demonstrated an

ounce of discouragement or complacency as far as i'm concerned in this campaign. i know how hard we worked. and you own everything about this campaign. you were there every step of the way as we went forward in the primary and through tonight and focused on the issues that i believe everybody in massachusetts does care about and everybody in this country should be focused on as we go forward. i want to say a very sincere and loving thank you to my husband tom. thank you. [applause] i had him out on the campaign trail for the last couple of days. and i can tell you there are at least two dogs who are very happy about tonight's results because we're going to be back with them. i have to thank my family, many of whom are here behind me tonight. my sisters, anne, jane, mary,

are all here. my nephews and nieces and grandnieces. a terrific staff on our campai campaign. if you worked with our staff, with kevin, dennis, m.l., and everybody else who gave sweat, blood and tears and all of their time to this campaign, you know how much heart and soul we put into it. it was my honor to be working with them and with you during this campaign. you've in some ways become an extended family for me, as i tell my folks in the a.g.'s office, my extended disfunctional family. but that's ok. i will never forget the passion and the energy and the soul that we brought to this. that includes the friendship of everybody who's worked with us. [cheers and applause]

of course i know you'll join me in thanking president obama who took this little trip to see us here on sunday. he actually just called me before i came on stage to say that we can't win them all, and he knows that better than any, as he told me. but he appreciates what i did and what you did. and he said to extend his heart felt thanks to everybody who worked on the campaign. and as i know from losing a campaign several years ago -- writing a little piece about it for "the herald" that i feel very strongly about -- if you do not run, you cannot win. and you don't always win all the time but you put in your best efforts because sometimes it's more important to travel hopefully than to arrive.

[cheers and applause] and we will continue to travel hopefully, i know that. i know that many of you had the great pleasure of seeing president clinton as he was out on the campaign trail. i want to thank him. and particularly i need to send my thanks and i know yours to vicki kennedy who campaigned with me all weekend. [cheers and applause] to vicki, who was a source of, as she always was, her dignity, grace, warmth, good humor. and in one occasion when she gave me a good tip, she said, "i'm channeling my inner ted" and was incredibly great along the campaign trail. so i have to thank her, and i know you join me in that

tonight. as well as the entire kennedy family for their support and love in this endeavor. ok. so this is the deal. although our campaign ends tonight, we know that our mission continues and our work goes on. [cheers] i am heart broken at the result. and i know that you are also. builbuti know that we will get p together tomorrow and continue this fight even with this result tonight. because there will be plenty of wednesday morning quarterbacking about what happened and what went right, what went wrong. and i know that everyone, including me -- imbruteally honest on my own performances. we will be honest about the assessment of this race. and although i am very

disappointed, i always respect the voters' choice. and that's what i told to scott brown tonight. and, again, we wish him luck in his public service. anyone who's been out on the campaign trail, particularly in this race, has seen the anger of folks who are frustrated, concerned. they are angry about health care issues. and they are angry about our two wars, our inability to properly care for those who return home after fighting. i had hoped in the best interest of our state and the country to go to washington to address these issues. i hope that as a nation and as a commonwealth we can do better in the future. you know that as your attorney general, i will continue to fight and address them here with everybody in massachusetts who cares about these issues! [cheers and applause] thank you. so for me and for you, tonight

this campaign comes to an end but there's plenty of work to do here in massachusetts and as we continue to organize for america. and so we will always remember our terrific senator, ted kennedy, and his words, "the work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on." thank you! [cheers and applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> ♪ don't stop thinking about tomorrow

don't stop it will soon be here it will be here better than before yesterday's gone yesterday's gone ♪ ♪ why not think about times to come and not about the things that you've done ♪ >> ♪ tonight's going to be a good night ♪ >> thank you! thank you so much. wow! what a great crowd!

thank you very much! [chanting "go, scott brown"] >> thank you so much! thank you very, very much. wow. what a great reception. what a great crowd. and i bet they can hear this cheering all the way in washington, d.c.! [cheers and applause] [inaudible] >> thank you. thank you.

yes. thank you. thank you. yes. i did this morning. thank you. and i hope they're paying close attention because tonight the independent voice of massachusetts has spoken! [cheers and applause] from the first years, from springfield to cape cod, the voters of this commonwealth defied the odds and the experts. tonight the independent majority has delivered a great victory. [cheers and applause] i thank the people of massachusetts for electing me as your next united states senator! [cheers and applause]

[chanting "majority won"] [cheers and applause] >> and every day i hold this office i will give all that is in me to serve you well and make you proud. and most of all -- [inaudible] thank you. most of all i will remember that while the honor is mine this

senate seat belongs to no one person, no one political party. and as i've said before, and you've heard it today and you'll hear it loud and clear, this is the people's seat! [cheers and applause] thank you very much. i spoke to interim senator paul kirk. he has completed his work as the senator.

[inaudible] i spoke to senator kirk, and he was very gracious. he said he would help in the transition. he welcomes me as soon as i can get there. and i want to thank him from the bottom of my heart. i want to thank him -- [inaudible] and i want to thank him very much. the people, as you know, by their votes have now filled the office themselves. and i'm ready to go to washington without delay! [cheers and applause] i also want to thank martha coakley for her call of congratulations. a hard contest is behind us.

and now we must come together as a commonwealth. thank you, martha! [applause] as you know, this special election came about because we lost someone very, very dear to massachusetts and to america. senator ted kennedy was a tireless worker and a big-hearted public servant. and for most of his lifetime was a force like no other in this state. [cheers and applause] the first call i made was to his wife vicki. and i told her that his name will always command the affection and respect by the people of massachusetts. and i said we feel the same about her. [cheers and applause]

there's no replacing a man like that. but tonight i honor the memory, and i pledge to be the very best and try to be a worthy successor to the late senator kennedy. and i said at the very beginning, when i sat down at the dinner table of my family that win or lose we would run a race which would make all of us proud. i kept my word, and we ran a clean, issues-oriented, upbeat campaign. and i wouldn't trade that for anything.

when i first started running, i asked for a loot of help shall -- a lot of help because i knew it was going to be me against the machine. i was wrong. i was wrofng wrong. it was all of us against the machine! [cheers and applause] and tonight we have shown everybody now that you are the machine. i'm glad my mom, my dad, my brothers and sisters and so many family members are here tonight. it means a lot to me. i thank very man -- i i thank ty much. bring go any further, i want to introduce somebody very, very special to me. you haven't seen much of her on the campaign trail. i'd like to introduce you to my

wife gail! [cheers and applause] as you know, my wife gail couldn't join me on the campaign trail because of work as a boston tv journalist. but i will let you in on a little secret. >> no secret. >> no secrets. she didn't stay neutral today. she actually voted for the winner. [cheers and applause] and as always, i rely on gail's love and support and that of our two lovely daughters. i want to thank them for their help as well.

and just in case anybody who's watching throughout the country, yes, they're both available. [laughing] no. no. no. no. only kidding. only kidding. only kidding. only kidding. arienna definitely is not available. this is arienna! this is haila. i can see i'm going to get in trouble when i get home. but arienna will be returning in a day or two to her studies,

pre-med at syracuse. because she's been giving her all. they obviously have been a joy to gail and me. we are grateful to them both for their professionalism and zest for life. even before their campaign performances in front of millions of people, you've heard halia's voice already on "american idol." [cheers and applause] and as a boston college basketball player, many fans know that she's also pretty good on the court. i asked the president because he has a couple of basketball courts there -- [laughing] [cheers and applause]

when i spoke to the president, the first thing i said was, would you like me to drive the truck down to washington so you can see it? [inaudible] then i said, mr. president, i know you like basketball so i'll tell you what. why don't you pick your best player, i'll take ayla, we'll take you on two-on-two. [cheers and applause] and fortunately he had a good sense of humor. we had a nice laugh. but i really do appreciate, obviously speaking to senator, the governor, the president, and a whole host of other folks. i'm very thankful for them

reaching out so we can start to get on with the people's business. i'm grateful for all of those from across massachusetts who came through for me even when it was a long shot. i especially want to thank a very special friend whose encouragement from the beginning helped show me the way and show us the way to victory. that is former governor mitt romney. thank you, governor. [cheers and applause] when i went to washington a few months ago, i'll never forget the help of another man who took the time to meet with me. he told me that i could actually win. he gave me the confidence for the fight. it was also characterristic of a great american, a true hero. and tonight i want to thank my

new colleague, senator john mccain. [cheers and applause] and on a night like this when so many people mark your name on a statewide ballot, you think back to the first people who gave you a chance and believed. and for the trust they placed in me and for all they have taught me i want to thank my neighbors, friends in my senate district, and especially my hometown of wrentham. the victory that all america has seen tonight started right here with all of you. all of you. yes. let me tell you, when i first got the feeling something big was happening in this campaign

was when i was driving along on a road out in central massachusetts, in my truck, yes. and it has over 201,000 now. and i knew things were really starting to click when i saw a hand-made scott brown yard sign that i actually hadn't put there myself. [laughing] [cheers and applause] this little campaign of ours was destined for great things. the message went far beyond the sign that was there placed in the snow. it all started with me, my truck, and a very few awment of dedicated -- amount of dedicated volunteers. however it ended with an air force one making an emergency run to logan. [cheers and applause]

and i didn't mind when the president came here and criticized me and talked about, you know, some of the things that he disagreed with me on. but let me tell you, when he started to criticize my truck, that's where i draw the line. throughout this race we had the machine scared and scrambling. and for them it's just the beginning of an election year filled with many, many surprises. i can tell you that. they will be challenged again and again across this great land. and when there's trouble in massachusetts, rest assured there's trouble everywhere and they know it.

and in every corner of our state i met with people, looked them in the eye, shook their hand and asked them for their vote. i didn't care about party affiliation, and they didn't worry about mine. it was simply a shared conviction that brought us all together. and for that i'm very thankful. and one thing is clear. one thing is very, very clear as i traveled throughout the state. people do not want the trillion dollar health care plan that being forced -- that is being forced on the american people. and this bill is not being debated openly and fearly. it will raise taxes! it will hurt medicare! it will destroy jobs!

and run our nation deeper into debt! that's not anything to clap about because it's not in the interest of our state. it's nothing to clap about. it's not in the interest of our state, in our country. and we can do better! [cheers and applause] [chanting "yes, we can"] you know, when i traveled throughout the state, i've had a lot of fun. you guys are all having fun. [cheers and applause] so thank you. thank you. we have more of a show coming for you. so we are very excited. but when i'm in washington, i will work in the senate with the democrats and republicans to reform health care in an open

and honest way. no more closed-door meetings, backroom deals. [cheers and applause] backroom deals with an out-of-touch party leadership. no more hiding costs, concealing taxes, collaborating with the special interests and leaving more trillions in debt for our children to pay. in health care we need to start fresh! we need to start fresh, work together to do the job right. and i hate to sound repettive, but once again we can do better! i will work in the senate to put government back on the side of people who create jobs and the millions of people who need jobs. and remember, as president john

f. kennedy stated, that starts when across the board tax cuts for businesses and families, to create jobs, put more money in people's pockets and stimulate the economy. it's that simple. i will work with the senate -- i will work with the senators in the senate to defend our nation's interests and to keep our military second to none. [cheers and applause] and as a lieutenant colonel and 30-year member of the massachusetts army national guard, i will absolutely keep faith with all of those who have served and get our veterans all of the benefits that they deserve.

[cheers and applause] and let me say this with respect to the people who wish to harm us. i believe, and i know all of you believe that our constitution and laws exist to protect this nation. [cheers and applause] [chanting" u.s.a.!" ] let me make it very, very, very clear. they do not grant rights and privileges to enemies in wartime. [cheers and applause] and the message we need to send

in dealing with terrorists, our tax dollars, our tax dollars, should pay for weapons to stop them and not lawyers to defend them! [cheers and applause] i don't know about you guys, but i can't believe i'm on this stage with doug flutie, first of all. and two of the best guys i know, fred and steve's steakhouse, fred, steve, lenny clark. i'm telling you.

i just know it's just so wonderful to be not only on this stage here with all of you folks out here, and i want to make a special thanks to my mom and dad for putting up with me. mom, dad. [applause] thank you very much for respecting them. i know i'm a little offscript. let me get back on, talking about raising taxes, taking over our health care and giving new rights to terrorists, giving new rights to terrorists is the wrong agenda for our country. when i've heard again and again on the campaign trail is that our political leaders have grown aloof from the people, they're impatient and uncomfortable with

backroom deals, and we can do better! you know, the funny thing is, they thought that you were all on board with all of their ambitions. ["no!" ] >> they, did! they thought that they owned your vote. they thought that they couldn't lose. but tonight you and you and you and you and you, you all set them straight! thank you! [cheers and applause] and across this country, for all of those folks who are listening, if they're covering me -- [laughing]

we are united by basic convictions that only need to be clearly stated to win a majority. if anyone doubts that in this next election season that's about to begin, well, let them take a look at what happened in massachusetts. [cheers and applause] because what happened here, what happened here in massachusetts can happen all over america. we are all witnesses, you and i, to the truth and ideals, hard work, strength of heart can overcome the political machine. and as you know, we ran a campaign never to be forgotten

and led a cause that deserves and receives all they would could give it. and now because of your independence and your trust i will hope for a time the seat once filled by patriots from john quincy adams to john f. kennedy and his brother ted. and as i proudly -- let me say proudly take up the duty you have given me, i promise to do my very, very best for massachusetts and america every time the role is called. [cheers and applause] i go to washington as the representative of no faction, for no special interests,

answering only to my conscience and to you, the people. [applause] however, i know i have a lot to learn in the senate: but i know who i am and who i serve. i'm scott brown. i'm from wrentham. and i drive a truck! [cheers and applause] let me just say in conclusion, first of all, thank you from the bottom of me and my family's hearts for your continued

support. i'm nobody's senator. i am nobody's senator except yours. thank you! [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> ♪ i got a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night tonight's going to be a good, good night a feeling that tonight's going to be a good night that tonight's going to be a good night that tonight's going to be a good, good night a feeling whoo-hoo that tonight's going to be a

good night that tonight's going to be a good night that tonight's going to be a good, good night a feeling tonight's the night let's live it up i got my money let's spend it up go out and smash it jump off that sofa let's kick it i know we'll have a ball so get down and go out and just duke it up i feel dressed i want to let go it's the way i'm losing control just fill up my car maz hlook at us dancing just take it let's take it down we'll shut it down get on the roof and we'll do it again ♪ >> next week president obama delivers his first state of the

union address to congress, laying out his vision for the future of the country and his plan to deal with issues such as unemployment, health care, and the wars in iraq and afghanistan. the state of the union address next wednesday, january 27, at 9:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. .